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title: heart disease risk factors
date: 2024-02-15T11:07:00-05:00
author: Grace Koch
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[Health & Sexuality Info](/health-info)# heart disease risk factors

Heart disease factors, or cardiovascular risk, identify who is more and less likely to develop heart disease. Our risk is determined based on a number of known risk factors such as smoking, blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and age. Knowledge of how to modify our risk can help us stay healthy and prevent diseases like heart attack or stroke.

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